India walking home, 200 new cases

PTI27-03-2020_000194B
PTI27-03-2020_000194B

#200 new cases on a single day

#Highest spike so far

#1,00,000 migrant worker stranded

#1250 villages pressed on

#Modi Man-ki-Baat at 1100 hours

Indiais walking home as tens of thousands of migrant laboureres of Uttar Pradesh andBihar were walking home hundreds of kilometers as they got stranded due tolockdown and Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Government pressed 1250 busses to transportthem.

Inthe mean time, the overall 819 active cases are in the country, 79 recoveredand 19 dead.  This means the country sawnearly 200 new cases, the highest single day growth. At 180, Maharashtra hasthe most number of cases in the country and is followed closely by Kerala(176).

PMModi, in the meantime, announced the creation of an assistance and emergencysituation relief fund where people can contribute and help in the government'sfight against coronavirus.

Butthe saddest picture emerged so far was how tens and thousands of migrantlaboureres were left stranded as they found no communication to go home.  Many are walking back for 200- 300 kilometerein searing heat.

Thisafternoon, Union Home Ministry wrote to the state governments, telling them toensure "temporary accommodation, food, clothing, medical care for homelesspeople and migrant labourers, stranded due to the curbs

Tata Commits Rs 1500 crore

TheTata group today committed Rs 1500 crore to fight COVID-19 disease, of whichTata Sons will provide Rs 1000 crores and the Tata Trust will provide anotherRs 500 crores.

Thefunds will be used for personal protective equipment for medical personnel,respiratory systems, testing kits and setting up modular treatment facilitiesfor patients, among others, said Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Trusts.

"TheCOVID 19 crisis is one of the toughest challenges we will face as a race. TheTata Trusts and the Tata group companies have in the past risen to the needs ofthe nation. At this moment, the need of the hour is greater than any othertime," he tweeted.

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